She knew without asking that he had wanted to go to the funeral, and that it was Etain who had refused. Kate herself had very nearly done the same thing, and God knew she had less reason than her sister. But in the end, whether out of guilt or a lingering sense of filial obligation or perhaps just a need to bear witness, she had attended the funeral and stood in Glasnevin Cemetery as the remains of Mairéad Larkin were returned to the earth.
